Reptile Atlas of Southern Africa

Record details

ReptileMAP:   168637
Province:  
Country:   Zambia
Locus:   1528AC
Observer:   Barrett Norman; Suelene Faurie
Date of record:   2016-11-10
Number of photos:   3
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:52
Sp. code:   3802
Species name:   Zygaspis kafuensis
Common name:   Kafue Dwarf Worm Lizard
Family:   Amphisbaenidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-168637
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 168637 - photo: 1
VM-number: 168637 - photo: 2
VM-number: 168637 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:   Provisionally assigned to this species (over Z. quadrifrons) based on distribution, large size and fairly robust body.
Date:   2019-01-08 16:36:30
Species name:   Zygaspis kafuensis -- Kafue Dwarf Worm Lizard
Species code:   3802

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